The Fool and his Donkey (2017) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Drawing,
Pencil
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Wax
on Paper
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Dimensions
20x16 in
Dimensions of the work alone, without framing: Height 14in, Width 11in - Framing This artwork is framed (Frame + Under Glass)
- Categories Drawings under $5,000 Symbolism Everyday Life
In South America, it will often be a Llama. There are two story versions I know of. One involves a small tent and the other a heavy burden. This illustrates that version.
A man sets out for a distant town with trade goods on the back of his donkey. The donkey plays upon the man's compassion, getting him to take more and more of the load on his own back, and eventually to carry the donkey as well. By the time they reach their destination the man is beyond exhausted with carrying both the goods and the donkey on his back. He collapses and dies just outside of the town.
The caution is against those who exploit your kindness to take advantage of you. They ask you to yield a little bit more and then just a little bit more until you can no longer sustain your life. You don't always die, but you live no better than your donkey, or the needy, the destitute, the sick, the disabled and otherwise unfortunate. When the man dies, the donkey goes on living. But in the human world, when those who produce an excess give beyond their means, they suffer and those depending on their charity suffer even more than if you had been less self-sacrificing and more productive, making it easier for them to live better as well.
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists
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